MIKHAIL KUZNETSOV
Engineering Manager · AI Tech Lead
Companies I worked for
Summary
Engineering manager with nearly two decades in software, from hands-on full-stack development to leading teams of up to 60 engineers at Zalando, ING and now Johnson & Johnson. I build teams that ship reliable, observable systems and practical AI tools: an LLM onboarding co-pilot at Zalando that saves over 100 support hours a month, an OpenTelemetry rollout across 30+ projects that raised availability by 16%, and a mainframe decommissioning at ING affecting 2M+ customers. I care about hiring well, growing engineers and keeping delivery predictable.
- Writing software since
- 2007
- Managing teams since
- 2019
- Engineers in largest team
- 60
Skills
Leadership
Teams of up to 60 engineers · Hiring & mentoring · Agile delivery · Roadmapping with business
AI
LLM applications · AI coding agents · Langchain · OpenAI API
Engineering
TypeScript · React / Next.js · Node.js · Python · Kotlin · Java / Spring · GraphQL · Microservices
Platform & SRE
AWS · GCP · Kubernetes · Terraform · OpenTelemetry · Prometheus · ELK Stack · CI/CD
Experience
08/2026 - Current · Russia
Product Group Engineer Lead, Johnson & Johnson
Leading the design, development and support of full-stack applications for the local market, the data platform and CRM, delivering secure, compliant and scalable solutions aligned with enterprise standards. Owning the full application lifecycle, from architecture and engineering to testing and CI/CD, with technical oversight and risk management across the product portfolio, and coordinating local and global teams, vendors and contractors.
Cloud solutions · Elma 365 · Data Platform · Full-stack · CI/CD · Architecture
07/2024 - 06/206 · New York, Remote
Engineering Manager, BGB Group
Managing full-stack tech teams to build AI tools that solve real-world problems at scale. Tools include AI coding agents. Our work empowers businesses to make smarter decisions, automate processes, and uncover insights from complex data, transforming how organizations operate in a data-driven world.
TypeScript · NextJS · Python · CI/CD · GCP · Prometheus · Terraform · Langchain · OpenAI API
01/2022 - 06/2024 · Berlin
Engineering Manager, Zalando
Leading full-stack teams (5-15 people) to build the best experience for partners onboarding and selling at the marketplace platform across the EU.
- Implemented data solutions to improve back-office logistics using microservices & AWS
- Developed onboarding co-pilot for new suppliers using OpenAI, Langchain, and Python. Saving >100 support hours monthly
- Proposed and headed the implementation of OpenTelemetry for over 30 projects in the department, improving availability and following SRE practices. Increased back-office application availability by 16%
SRE · Kotlin · Microservices · CI/CD · ELK Stack · TypeScript · React/Vue · Python · Nodejs · Prometheus · Kubernetes · AWS
11/2019 - 01/2022 · Amsterdam
Engineering Manager, ING
Leading teams (up to 12 people), optimizing internal and external hires, and implementing agile development practices. Working with businesses on long-term goals and engineering resource supply. Integrating the next version of payment solutions.
- Coordinated mainframe decommissioning project impacting 2M+ customers
- Mentoring engineers, converting classic OPS to DevOps profile
- Leading one of the top-performing teams with a portfolio of global APIs, 25TPS, 5+ countries
- HR representative: tracking ongoing hires, process improvements, speeding up hires by 25%
Typescript/JavaScript · CI/CD · WebComponents · GraphQL · Jest · Nodejs · Java 8 · Spring · Microservices · MongoDB · ELK Stack · Prometheus · Docker · Kubernetes · Azure DevOps · SRE
04/2017 - 10/2019 · Amsterdam
Fullstack Dev Engineer, ING
Supporting existing apps and developing new microservices and customer-facing UIs. Migrating a monolithic backend towards a microservices ecosystem. Investment models' performance dashboards.
- Architecting and leading migration of the frontend monolith app 100 KLOC to a set of SPAs
- Developed an i18n solution for the ecosystem for 3+ countries used by 100+ developers
- Integrating a pilot GraphQL project that leads to x1.5 decrease in data load time
Web Components · MicroFrontends · TypeScript · Jest · GraphQL · Java 8 · Java Spring · Microservices · ELK Stack · Docker · Gitlab CI/CD
10/2014 - 04/2017 · Amsterdam
Fullstack Developer, Wolters Kluwer
- Rewriting modules of the core application in the latest tech stack
- Setting up CI pipeline
- Developing PWA using Material design
- Integrating document parsing and presenting solutions
- Presented and led implementation of data analysis dashboards used by customers worldwide
AngularJS · TypeScript · HTML5 APIs · NodeJS · Java (JSP, Tomcat) · REST APIs
05/2014 - 08/2014 · Amsterdam, NL
Fullstack Developer, ABN Amro
- Improved estimation of work complexity calculation by 17%
- Worked with five cross-functional teams responsible for 300KLOC serving core bank functionality
- Investigated the state-of-the-art approaches and built a comprehensive model for measuring technical debt
Java (JSP, Tomcat) · Technical Debt · Software Quality · Sonar
07/2010 - 04/2012 · Moscow, RU
Frontend Developer, Yves Rocher Russia
HTML/CSS · jQuery · Java (JSP) · Social Networks APIs · A/B Testing · MailChimp · GoogleAnalytics
2007 - 2010 · Moscow, RU
Multiple roles as developer
Early career web development experience